The structure of this compound was confirmed by Kathleen Lonsdale using X-ray diffraction. It is acylated in the most basic form of the Friedel-Crafts acylation. When one of its hydrogen atoms is replaced by a functional group, it forms a derivative such as phenol or toluene. Its structure supposedly came to Kekulé in a dre
The structure of this compound was confirmed by Kathleen Lonsdale using X-ray diffraction. It is acylated in the most basic form of the Friedel-Crafts acylation. When one of its hydrogen atoms is replaced by a functional group, it forms a derivative such as phenol or toluene. Its structure supposedly came to Kekulé in a dream, in which he envisioned a snake biting its own tail, which resembles its ring-like structure. For 10 points, name this aromatic compound whose formula is C6H6.
The structure of this compound was confirmed by Kathleen Lonsdale using X-ray diffraction.
{benzene} [accept {C6H6} before mention]